%0 Journal Article %J Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание / Contrastive linguistics %D 2001 %T Залог и преходност (върху материали от българския, руския и английския език) %A Наймушин, Борис %X The article deals with the controversial issue of the relations between voice and transitivity. It is claimed that the traditional approach which maintains the existence of a direct and obligatory connection between transitivity and passivization potential contradicts language reality. A proposal is made to replace the traditional binary opposition of transitive/intransitive verbs with a scale of transitivity. %B Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание / Contrastive linguistics %V 26 %P 5–13 %G bul %N 2 %0 Journal Article %J Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание / Contrastive linguistics %D 2001 %T Наблюдения върху семантиката и употребата на страдателните конструкции (върху материали от български, руски и английски език) %A Наймушин, Борис %X This article offers a look into the controversial issue of the semantics and usage of passive structures by examining evidence from Bulgarian, Russian, and English. Efforts are made to clarify the semantic differences between active and passive structures, especially with respect to the notions of „passive meaning“ and „centrifugal/centripetal direction of verbal action“ %B Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание / Contrastive linguistics %V 26 %P 22–35 %G bul %N 1